Lots of fun was had by the Year 5 and 6 girls at the glow dodgeball competition tonight. It was great to see some children representing our school for the first time whilst having lots of fun. Well done everyone!

Year 5 enjoyed working with Mrs Gething doing some fun activities for No Pens Day!  They used verbal communication to children who couldn't see the board to describe Fairy Tale characters, as well as describing different items!  They also used signs and gestures to describe who they were pretending to be!  They proved that we don't always need pens to communicate  Well done everyone!  

Wednesday was all about us putting our pens down, talking, listening and finding different ways to communicate and learn.

Year 4 had great fun using various "pen free" skills. 

The children had a fabulous time using lots of non verbal communication in our no pens day activities. It was so much fun watching them try and orientate the room blindfolded and complete tasks through gestures and sounds. 

Today we made static mirrored poses linked to the Stone Age.

We have loved No Pens Day in year 3 today. We discussed non verbal methods of communication and how Morse code is used. We then created our own secret words in Morse code.

Year 5 popped in to see if they could uncover the code as part of their secret spy mission. 

One of year 3's oracy targets this half term is to play the opinion continuum. We looked at different statements and decided if we agreed, disagreed or were somewhere in the middle. We then used our speaking skills to explain why.

Many children agreed that children should get to stay in bed until 10 every morning.

Most children disagreed that banana milkshake was disgusting.

We had mixed reactions to whether children should have 30 minutes of screen time each day.

It was lovely to see so many children joining in with show and tell today for No Pens Day. I loved seeing all of their special items.

Reading and spelling as part of our phonic lesson.

Children worked with partners to quiz each other on tricky words and read questions and statements using their phonic knowledge.

As part of history children worked cooperatively in groups to sequence the story of the fire of London.

Oracy skills including turn taking and speaking about which part of the story came first.

Fabulous knowledge of a historical event was shown by children.